Better Together The Trail User Participation Toolkit For Living Labs

Download or read book Better Together - The TRAIL User Participation Toolkit for Living Labs written by Eileen Beamish and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We developed this toolkit to help those operating living labs and others wishing to carry out research and innovation activities with users to make it easier to translate from user needs to products, services and solutions. The toolkit is a full-colour book with over 100 pages including a foreword by Professor Alvaro Oliveira, President of the ENoLL Association and Chair of the Council of the European Network of Living Labs. Topics include an introduction to user-participation and living labs, as well as the steps needed to be taken to engage with people before, during and after participation exercises. The book also includes several relevant profiles, a full case study as well as a separate chapter on governance and ethical issues in participation.